GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Recognizing growing evidence that inflammation influences many diseases — including diabetes, certain cancers and even Alzheimer’s — University of Florida Health has established the Center for Inflammation and Mucosal Immunology to foster collaboration among members of the UF biomedical research community with shared interest in inflammation and disease.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An 84-year-old chemistry professor, who came to the University of Florida in 1980 when the retirement age in his native country threatened to shorten his career, has pledged $1.5 million to fund a chair in the chemistry department.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An emergency exercise at the University of Florida, which was postponed in April, has been rescheduled for Thursday morning and will affect access to campus around Ben Hill Griffin Stadium between 7 a.m. and noon.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An anti-cancer drug about to be tested in a clinical trial by a biomedical company in Ohio as a possible treatment for Alzheimer's disease has failed to work with the same type of brain plaques that plague Alzheimer's patients, according to results of a study by University of Florida researchers.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In malaria-ridden parts of Africa, mosquito netting protects people from being infected while they sleep; now, a University of Florida entomologist wants to improve the netting by coating it with insecticide toxic only to mosquitoes.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Floridians have negative feelings about undocumented immigrants, but an overwhelming majority favor policy that would allow such immigrants a path to U.S. citizenship, a new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences survey suggests.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida nursing researcher has received a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to determine how to best and most safely nourish very low birth weight infants, who weigh less than 3.3 pounds. The funding will allow researchers to study a standard clinical treatment used to assess these infants’ nutritional status to determine if it is beneficial or risky to the baby.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s George A. Smathers Libraries now subscribe to Statista.com, the first statistics portal in the world to integrate data on more than 60,000 topics from more than 18,000 sources onto a single professional platform.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s seemingly endless supply of natural wonders includes insects, spiders and other arthropods that creep, crawl, burrow and fly, and the University of Florida will educate residents about these creatures during Bug Week, a multimedia event May 20-24.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An aspirin a day may not always keep heart disease away, say two University of Florida cardiologists. But a new algorithm they have developed outlines factors physicians should weigh as they assess whether a patient would benefit from a daily dose of the drug.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida professor Linda Bartoshuk wants you to taste a better tomato. She wants you to taste the best and most delicious tomato you have ever eaten. And she is working diligently with horticultural sciences professor Harry Klee to make that elusive tomato a reality. This is just the latest in Bartoshuk’s long career of research.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — More than half of Americans now think marijuana should be legalized, according to survey results the Pew Research Center released in April. But could an inaccurate understanding about modern marijuana and the dangers it poses — particularly to adolescents — be skewing people’s opinions on the subject?

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Museum of Natural History visitors will soon have the opportunity to discover the state's famous coastal waters and deep surfing culture in the new exhibit "Surfing Florida,"£ opening Aug. 31.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Performing Arts’ 2013-14 season will feature 76 performances from July through April, including six Broadway musicals, Itzhak Perlman, Ben Vereen and the Indigo Girls.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida is the first university to fully connect to the Internet2 Innovation Platform's three components, an achievement that will transform research at UF and provide a national model for research computing.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida today unveiled the state's most powerful supercomputer, a machine that will help researchers find life-saving drugs, make decades-long weather forecasts and improve armor for troops.

ALACHUA, Fla. — More than 500 biotechnology industry professionals, researchers and business leaders are expected to attend the 10th Annual Celebration of Biotechnology May 9 at RTI Biologics in Progress Corporate Park.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dogs are notorious for eating just about anything, and the nastier, the better – which is why a University of Florida expert is advising canine owners to keep an eye out for poisonous mushrooms as summer approaches.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new video-sharing mobile app called Vyclone will be used at University of Florida commencement ceremonies this spring. It combines one person’s video footage with others to create a personalized point of view of the commencement ceremony.

Dan Cantliffe, director of the IFAS Extension office in St. Johns County, was mentioned in a May 16 Florida Times-Union blog post about U.S. Senator Bill Nelson’s call for federal aid for St. Johns County potato farms after a hailstorm damaged crops.

Martin Gold, director of the UF School of Architecture, was quoted in a May 20 Florida Times-Union story about the unanimous decision by UF faculty to award Jacksonville architect William Morgan with the School of Architecture’s first Lifetime Achievement Award.

Erik Deumens, director of research computing, was quoted in a May 7 Forbes story about HiPerGator, the university’s new supercomputer, which is now the fastest in Florida. See related Office of Media Relations news release.

Kevin Sabet, director of the Drug Policy Institute, was quoted in a May 17 New York Times story about a report on drug policy that suggested discussing the legalization of marijuana to reassess how the drug war is being carried out in the nations of the Americas.

Law professor Amy Mashburn was quoted in a May 17 Orlando Sentinel story about Judge Belvin Perry’s rise to fame after he served as the judge in the Casey Anthony trail and his appearance on the “Today,” where he gave his opinion on the verdict.

Chris McCarty, director of the Survey Research Center in the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, was quoted in an April 30 Tampa Bay Times story about the April Florida consumer confidence report. This story and others were the result of an Office of Media Relations news release.

Jeffrey Harman, associate professor of health services, management and policy, was quoted in a May 17 Tampa Bay Times story about the high cost of medical procedures at Hernando County hospitals compared with the average state costs for medical procedures.

Randy Ploetz, professor of plant pathology, was quoted in a May 14 Wall Street Journal story about coffee-leaf rust or roya, a fungus infecting coffee plants that blocks the absorption of vital nutrients.